Ritter: US will lose war against Iraq

Middle East Online ^ | 3-26-03

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Former UN weapons inspector says US does not have military means to take over Baghdad, defeat inevitable.

LISBON - The United States does not have the military means to take over Baghdad and will lose the war against Iraq, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter said.

"The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated. It is a war we can not win," he told private radio TSF in an interview broadcast here Tuesday evening.

"We do not have the military means to take over Baghdad and for this reason I believe the defeat of the United States in this war is inevitable," he said.

"Every time we confront Iraqi troops we may win some tactical battles, as we did for ten years in Vietnam but we will not be able to win this war, which in my opinion is already lost," Ritter added.

Stiffening Iraqi resistance as US-led forces close in on Baghdad have prompted questions about the strategy to use precision air power and a smaller, fast moving ground force to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Some military analysts have said there are not enough allied troops in Iraq to take control of Baghdad, where Saddam Hussein's elite troops are said to be concentrated, and that the planning of the war was overly optimistic.

But British Prime Minister Tony Blair told parliament Wednesday the United States and Britain believe they have "sufficient forces" in Iraq and London was not planning to send reinforcements to the country at this stage.

A combination of bad weather and heavy fighting in central Iraq has slowed the advance of coalition troops marching on Baghdad.

Ritter resigned in August 1998 after accusing both Washington and the United Nations of not doing enough to support the weapons inspectors.

Since leaving the UN weapons inspectors team he has become an outspoken critic of US policies towards Iraq.

[Grampa Dave]

It is obvious he has a CNS sexually transmitted disease that is eating away his brain cells. That has made him a raving lunatic liberal.

[amused]

Wow another leftist sex offender hiding in Europe.

I wonder if Polanski is jealous.

[Taffini]

"The interview was held at a local Burger King where Ritter held a large bag of fries on his lap and invited young girls to "take one."




"IT" could probably pass for one of those little stringy fries

[canyon]

He doesn't even have a rational thought quoted in this story. He gives no facts to back up his claims. All that is stated here is his opinion. And guess what, I don't care what his opionion is!

[little-e]

I see Ritter took time out of his busy schedule of following school buses and chasing little girls around Burger King to comment.....

[glennaro]

Yup. When Saddam goes, Ritter needs to find a new employer.

[dufekin]

When he was in Iraq as a weapons inspector, Ritter apparently was exposed to some chemical weapons that left him badly intellectually impaired and psychologically damaged. One characteristic of this particular chemical weapon is that it leaves its victims in a mental state in which they cannot acknowledge that the weapon exists. Please excuse his behavior--after locking him in the jail where he belongs. Do not grant him press coverage. After several decades, the damage may heal. Or it may not heal. We don't know.

[tiki]

Has he gone insane?

[Carry_Okie]

The only way the Iraqis could do us any damage now is to use the WMDs Scotty says they don't have.

[Paul Atreides]

[jae471]

"we" meaning Iraq, France, Germany, and the U.N.

[GreyWolf]

The United States does not have the military means to take over Baghdad...

Then Bagdad will simply cease to exist!

[Spiff]

You wish, pervert. Why haven't you been arrested and incarcerated yet, you traitorous piece of excrement!! Sometimes I wish we had not stopped the practice of tarring and feathering because Ritter is a prime example of someone who deserves it.

[Beck_isright]

Ritter's just worried that will find that whorehouse where he molested 14 year old girls in Baghdad while he was an inspector. He'd best hope all of the phone and financial records were destroyed.</barfing sarcasm off

[Conservative4Ever]

Not only that, but his secret source of income is drying up right before his very eyes. Saddam is having a going out of business sale and can't make the payroll.

Red

[Roscoe]

Or perhaps a small bag.

[k2blader]

Sick.

[Mr. Mojo]

Was he videotaped doing something naughty in Iraq? That's the first scenario that pops into my mind.

There's really no other possible explanation for his statements, other than insanity.

[Mr. Mojo]

Then Bagdad will simply cease to exist!

Exactly. Losing is not an option. If worst comes to worst and we can't win the way we'd like to, then we'll either surround Baghdad and starve out the populce, or.....nuke 'em.

[PhilDragoo]

The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs

From a maggot whose tail has not left middle school.